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Advertising agency for OxyContin agrees to pay $350 million rather than face lawsuits

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that Publicis Health engaged in predatory and deceptive marketing strategies to help Purdue Pharma increase sales of its drugs.

EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.

House passes bipartisan bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Prospects for the measure becoming law are still uncertain, but for a House that has struggled to get bills of consequence over the finish line and signed into law, the tax legislation could represent a rare breakthrough.

Federal judge dismisses Disney's free speech lawsuit against DeSantis; company vows to press on

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor said in his decision Wednesday that Disney lacked standing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the Florida governor and his appointees.

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and others may soon vanish from TikTok as licensing dispute boils over

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired.

WATCH: Federal Reserve signals that interest rate cuts aren't imminent and leaves them unchanged for now

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting interest rates, a sign that its officials have grown confident that they're close to fully taming inflation. But the Fed also signaled that the first rate cut is likely…

Washington state to develop guidelines for agencies using generative artificial intelligence

By Hallie Golden, Associated Press

The executive order was signed by the Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday and highlights the huge potential for generative AI as well as its risks.

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla compensation package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules

By Associated Press

A judge says Elon Musk must give up a compensation package awarded by Tesla's board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion.

ChatGPT violated European Union privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Italian regulators say they informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union's stringent data privacy rules.

Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but details are scant

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Laura Ungar, Associated Press

In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was recovering well. The billionaire did not provide additional details about the patient.